bestrongandcourageous

Too many sunsets have passed my way

Each one a mark on my dirty slate

Sometimes I fear the twilight

Knowing that Id wake up to another heartache

For a while id fancy myself a rock

Tough and hard

Not long after Ive tossed it around

Even it broke into tiny shards

Im never that strong

Nor am I brave enough to pretend

Even I have to start believing

That some things really do have to end

But then one night as I hid among the sheets

Knowing full well the terror that the sun can bring

I was awoken by an all-too familiar beep

And in quiet notes my heart began to sing

I took my time to take it in

Afraid of the cliff looming before me

But in the end I knew what would win

And no sooner did I start falling freely

Afraid, yeah I was afraid

Afraid that another day had come bringing tears

But so far the fall has been good

And maybe I was wrong about my fears

I don’t know whether Id hit rock bottom

I sure hope soon enough I’ll learn to fly

But one thing I know, I know for sure

that now I’m brave enough to try

It was as birth pangs

like knife thrusts to the deepest chambers of my heart

like bullet wounds to my soul

then the fury of a thousand waves

and the raging og a hundred flames

crashed over me

in their anger

and then

in their peace

then silence

I rose from my ashes

and breathed the new air